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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310F · Port Aransas, TX · July 10, 2009

Date: July 10, 2009 · 12:27 local
Place: Port Aransas, TX
Airport: Mustang Beach
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6744X
Reported as: Cessna 310F
Reported engine: Continental IO470*
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 443 total26 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

N6744XRegistration cancelled Feb 22, 2017 · Cessna 310FS/N 310-0044 · Built 1961 Airframe modelCessna 310F Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot reported he landed on runway 12 at the Mustang Beach Airport in Port Aransas with the landing gear extended. After touch down, and during the roll out the aircraft right main gear collapsed first: followed by the left main and nose gear. Pilot does not recall, or is not sure if he may have retracted the landing gear after touchdown instead of retracting the flaps. Unable to fully inspect aircraft to investigate the possibility of mechanical failure ebeing factor. Aircraft was inspected one month after the incident. The aircraft was taken apart and the principal parts were not possible to inspect.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT REPORTED HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 12 AT THE MUSTANG BEACH AIRPORT IN PORT ARANSAS WITH THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. AFTER TOUCH DOWN, AND DURING THE ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED FIRST: FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR. PILOT DOES NOT RECALL, OR IS NOT SURE IF HE MAY HAVE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AFTER TOUCHDOWN INSTEAD OF RETRACTING THE FLAPS. UNABLE TO FULLY INSPECT AIRCRAFT TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF MECHANICAL FAILURE EBEING FACTOR. AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED ONE MONTH AFTER THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN APART AND THE PRINCIPAL PARTS WERE NOT POSSIBLE TO INSPECT.